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礎 = 石 + 楚
礎 is a Japanese kanji written with 18 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cornerstone”. It is built from 石 (stone) and 楚 (thicket). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 421.
- Keyword
- cornerstone
- RTK frame
- 421
- Strokes
- 18
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ソ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- いしずえ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- краеугольный камень
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 礎 foundation stone
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 礎 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “stone” + “thicket”. 礎 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 礎 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.